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Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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Ok, now. The School Districts have been turned into Food Service, Transportation, Daycare and now…Healthcare providers. School Districts don’t do any of this well or efficiently. This is a grift and another way to funnel money to an already over funded plan. TEACH the kids Reading, Writing and Math, that’s the role of the School Districts.
This does not pass the smell test!
This is 100% a backdoor to trans the kids. Kids have been just fine for generations without school based health services. Why now? Why does Biden want to give money to schools for behavioral healthcare?
The schools have been the launchpad for every single progressive initiative. It’s no surprise that they are using the schools once again for the health care phase.
When you finally live under a totalitarian regime, thank a teacher!
Hmm, what ever happened to the family pediatrician?